Acoustic recognition of variator slip of a continuously variable transmission

• US 6,679,109 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2001
• Issued: 01/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zf Transmission Technologies, LLC (Zeppelin - Stiftung der Stadt Friedrichshafen)
• Original Assignee: ZF Batavia LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Inerle, Norbert, Gierling, Armin, Fichtinger, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US09/998,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20020095992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 782 Days
• Field of Search: 731/16, 731/172, 731/173, 731/181, 731/19.R
• US Class Current: 73/115.02
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/662 with endless flexible members
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/66272 characterised by means for controlling the torque transmitting capability of the gearing

Abstract

Within the scope is a method for detecting the variator slip in continuously variable transmission (CVT transmission). The tribologic slip is detected by monitoring a rotating variator according to vibration and a subsequent evaluation.

Claims

1. A method for detection of variator slip in a continuously variable transmission, the method comprising the steps of:

monitoring a vibration generated by a rotation of the continuously variable transmission; and

determining a tribologic slip of the continuously variable transmission by evaluation of the monitored vibration.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using monitoring the vibration by detecting a solid borne noise resulting from the vibration of the variator.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of measuring solid borne noise of a variator support.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of measuring solid borne noise of a transmission housing.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of measuring an air borne noise in an environment of the variator wherein a measurement of the air borne noise represents the monitored vibration representing the tribologic slip of the variator.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of detecting the tribologic slip of the variator by evaluation, in an electronic transmission control, of vibration measurements of the variator.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

determining an actual band frequency from a measurement of the vibrations;

determining an actual band velocity from the actual band vibration noise frequency;

determining a theoretical band velocity from a geometry of the variator and a measured rotational speed ratio between a primary side of the variator and a secondary side of the variator, and

determining the tribologic slip by a comparison between the theoretical band velocity and the actual band velocity.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

determining an actual band frequency from vibration measurements;

determining a theoretical variator ratio from said actual band frequency;

determining an actual variator ratio from a measured rotational speed ratio between a primary side of the variator and a secondary side of the variator, and

determining the tribologic slip by a comparison between the actual variator ratio and the theoretical variator ratio.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of determining the tribologic slip by means of a frequency analysis, and comparing conditioned tribologically vibration features with air values stored in an electronic transmission control.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of determining the tribologic slip by means of an analysis of a time domain of signals of vibration measurements, and comparing conditioned tribologically vibration features with air borne sound values stored in an electronic transmission control.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of carrying out a module analysis of the variator.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of carrying out a module analysis of adjacent parts surrounding the variator.

13. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of carrying out a module analysis of the variator.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of carrying out a module analysis of adjacent parts surrounding the variator.